Social Services Community Grants

Overview

Waiora Community Trust distributes funding on behalf of Taupo District Council. The grants are for organisations and individuals making a difference in the social services sector. Projects and activities may vary between one off events to capital projects.

View the community funding criteria

Funding rounds

Applications for funding for the Social Services Grant closed on Friday, March 26 2021. Please be aware late applications will not be accepted.

Thank you for all the applications received.

Further information

For further information contact Kyla Harkness at info@waiorahouse.org.nz or 07 378 0953.

Accountability

Grant accountability form

Past funding recipients

Grant recipients April 2020

Applicant	Details	Allocation
Pregnancy Help	Operational costs	$2,000.00
Taupo Community Patrol	To make Taupo a safer place	$2,500.00
Taupo Playcentre	First aid certification of members	$1,200.00
Aphasia NZ	Taupo Community Aphasia Advisor (CAA) Service and Korero Club	$1,500.00
Taupo Budget Advisory Service	Contribution towards rent	$3,000.00
Taupo Community Gardens	Operational costs	$2,000.00
Euan Fergussen	Supply and install physio control defibrillator at BP service station	Declined
Anamata Cafe	Youth activity equipment	$800.00
NZ Victim Support	Contribution towards rent	$2,000.00
Literacy Taupo	Partial funding for the salary	$2,000.00
Epilepsy NZ	Salary support for our epilepsy educator	$2,000.00
English Language Partners	Salaries for our ELP Centre in Taupo	$2,000.00
Alzheimers Society Taupo	Mileage - Travel allowance for 11 months	$2,400.00
Citizens Advice Bureau Taupo	Operational expenses (3 months)	$3,000.00
Waikato youth Empowerment Group	Support for our Kiwican programmes offered free to the local community.	Declined
Life Education Trust	Operational costs	$3,000.00
Family financial Solutions Trust	Wages for two paid staff	$4,500.00
Taupo Neighbourhood Support	Plans to continue with building a safer friendly community supported by our partners of the Taupo Police and Civil Defence.	$3,000.00
Child Cancer Foundation Inc	Salary of one of our family support coordinators	Declined
Awhina Society Inc	Ongoing service provisions for Taupo Community Food Bank and Taupo Women's Refuge	$7,000.00
Age Concern	Part wages for field worker and financial/office co-ordinator	$5,500.00

Grant recipients October 2019

Applicant	Details	Allocation
Age Concern Taupo	Wages	$6,500.00
Family Works Taupo	Rent	Declined
Turangi Social Connection	Exercise equipment and crockery	$197.00
Waikato Youth Empowerment Trust	KiwiCan, Stars, Career Navigator programmes through the Graeme Dingle Foundation	Declined
Taupo Community Food Bank	Opperational costs	$5,000.00
Taupo Women's Refuge	Opperational costs	$2,500.00
Alzheimers Society	Opperational costs	Declined
Citizens Advice Bureau	Opperational costs	$3,000.00
Literacy Taupo Inc	Wages	$3,500.00
Family & Financial Solutions	Wages	$4,000.00
Enrichment Academy Inc ADDI	Increase volunteers for Thrive	Declined
Parkinson's NZ	Community Educator	$3,660.00
Parent to Parent	Travel costs to Taupo	$1,000.00
Horses R Us NZ	Equine Assisted Learning & Therapy in Schools	Declined
Tupo Budget Advisory Service	Wages	$3,000.00
Life Education Trust	Opperational costs/wages	$3,000.00
RNZ Plunket Trust	Parent Education for parents of U5s in Taupo	Declined
Mangakino Central Charitable Trust	Community First Aid Course	$1,000.00
TCOSS	Publish a directory	Declined
Taupo Community Patrol	Patroling costs	$3,000.00
Seasons Growing through Grief	To promote and deliver service	$3,000.00
Taupo Blue Light Venture	Alternative Education Initiative	$2,000.00
Pregnancy Help Inc	Provide regular free course	Declined
English Language Partners	Wages	$3,000.00
Epilepsy NZ	Lakes Region Field Service Programme	$1,000.00
Village Aunties	First Aid Training	$1,253.00

Grant recipients April 2019

Applicant	Allocation
Empowered Learning Trust	$5000
Taupo Women’s Refuge	$4000
Taupo Community Food Bank	$5000
Taupo Budget Advisory Service	$3000
The Parkinson’s NZ Charitable Trust	$3660
Age Concern Taupo Inc.	$4000
Citizens Advice Bureau	$2000
Family & Financial Solutions Trust	$4000
Taupo Community Gardens Trust	$1500
NZ Council of Victim Support Groups Inc for Victim Support Taupo	$1500
60’s Movement of NZ	0
Child Cancer Foundation	$2000
Literacy Taupō Inc	$1300
Taupo Cosmopolitan Leisure Marching Team	0
Taupo Neighbourhood Support	$4000
Life Education Trust	$1500
Arthritis NZ Kaiponapona Aotearoa	$1500
Dr. Glen Davies	0
Micamp Trust	0
Taupo Baptist Church	0
Lake Taupo Hospice Community Trust	0
Village Aunties	0
Taupo Community Patrol	$5000
1st Taupo Scout Group	0
Turangi Transport Group	0

Grant recipients October 2018

Applicant	Allocation
English Language Partners	$2500.00
Taupō Womens Refuge	$4000.00
Taupō Community Foodbank	$5000.00
Turangi Budget Service	0
Family and Financial Solutions	$5000.00
Citizens Advice Bureau	$2000.00
Epilepsy Association	$2000.00
Age Concern	$3000.00
Seasons Growing through Grief	$4500.00
Turangi Social Connection	0
Taupō Neigbourhood Support	$2128.00
Royal NZ Plunket Trust	$2072.00
Taupō Budget Advisory	$3000.00
Turangi Foodbank	0
Anamata Café	0
Bellyful Taupō	0
Taupo Family Playcentre	$1014.00
Pregnancy Help	$1000.00
Mangakino Firewood Trust (not eligible)	0
Turangi Neighbourhood Support	0
Aphasia NZ	$2500.00
Literacy Taupō	0
Taupō Family Centre	0
Taupō Community Patrol	$4000.00
Tuwharetoa Health Charitable Trust	0
Maru Energy Trust(not eligible)	0
St John Taupō	$2000.00
1st Taupō Scout	0
Taupō Council of Social Services	0
Life Education Trust	$1500.00

Grant recipients April 2018

Applicants	Allocation	Details
Taupo Women's Refuge	$5,000.00	6 mons Refuge Coordinator Running Costs
Taupo Community Food Bank	$5,000.00	6 mons Food Bank Coordinator Running Costs
Empowered Learning Trust	$5,000.00	Screening for earning and processing difficulties in young people in Taupō
Family Works Taupo - PSN	0	Operational Support – contribution towards monthly rent
Pregnancy Help Inc.	$2,000.00	13 weeks gross wages for coordinator
Family & Financial Solutions Trust	$3,000.00	One month wages for 2 staff members in support of Taupō Community
English Language Partners Taupō	$2,000.00	Contribution towards salary for group teacher & coordinator
Citizens Advice Bureau	$3,000.00	Three mons Vodafone acct. and three months' salary for Manager who works 30 hours /week. for coordinator and telephone expenses
Alzheimer's Society Taupo Inc.	$3,000.00	Mileage costs to enable filed officers to make home visits to Taupō clients and their carers
Age Concern Taupo Inc.	$3,000.00	Part wages for fieldworker – 3,000.00 Part costs for newsletter – 2,700.00
RNZ Foundation of the Blind	$1,000.00	Library Services – purchase a wider variety of book titles for our clients
Taupo Budget Advisory Service	$3,000.00	Part salary for Community Educator
CPD Parkinsonism Society of NZ	$2,500.00	Months mileage cost for Community Educator service to Taupō district
Brain Injury Assoc. Rotorua	$717.50	IRD mileage costs for liaison to meet with Taupō clients.
Lake Taupo Hospice	0	Purchase of IT equipment.
Taupo Parents Centre	$1,498.50	Locking clips for car seats and wooden toys
Life Education Trust	$1,500.00	Purchase student resources
Age Concern Taupo Inc.	0	Vehicle running costs for Turangi Senior Social Connection Group
Transform Aotearoa Charitable Trust	0	Shine development programs in Taupō colleges – ShineGirl and Strength (boys)
Aphasia NZ	0	Central North Community Aphasia Advisor (CAA) Service
1st Taupo Scout Group	$700.00	Leaders First aid backpack and outdoor first aid course
Taupo Community Patrol	$4,000.00	To make Taupō a safer place for residents & tourists who visit our community
Asthma NZ	0	Operation Cost
Taupo Neighbourhood Support	$4,000.00	Supporting a safer community

Grant recipients April 2017

Applicants	Allocation	Details
Citizens Advice Bureau	$2,000	Part salary for coordinator May, June and July 2017
Taupō Community Food Bank	$8,000	Part salary for Food Bank Coordinator
Taupō Women's Refuge	$5,000	Part salary Refuge Coordinator
Age Concern Taupō Inc	$2,000	Part funding for Age Concern Newsletter
Alzheimer's	$1,500	Operational costs
Taupō Budget Advisory Service	$3,000	Part salary for Community Educator
Family & Financial Solutions Trust	$2,000	Part wages
CPD Parkinsonism Society Trust	$2,671	6 months mileage cost community educator to provide service to Taupō district
Empowered Learning Trust	$6,000	Screening students for visual, auditory and learning processing issues
Pregnancy Help Inc.	$2,000	3 months of gross wages
Taupō Neighbourhood Support	$3,000	To strengthen Growth of Groups Urban and Rural Providing a safer friendly Community
Mangakino Central Charitable Trust	0	To contribute towards our "Time to Talk" morning coffee – specifically advertising
Life Education Trust CP	$1,200	Purchase of student workbooks
60's Up Movement Taupō	0	Continued wellbeing of all members by associating together
Taupō Lifekeys Community Trust	0	Cap Debt Management Centre – operational costs
Anamata Cafe	0	Purchase defibrillator
Brain Injury Association Rotorua Inc	$4,717	Travel costs for Taupō liaison officer
Arthritis NZ	$2,000	Service delivery in Taupō
No Words Needed Group	$1,500	Suicide Prevention Day Taupō
Taupō Community Patrol	$2,250	Make Taupō a safer place for residents & tourists
Taupō Maori Wardens Sub Association Inc	0	Traffic Control Certification - Training
CARE	0	Purchase cat traps and vet desexing

Grant recipients October 2016

Applicants	Allocation	Details
Taupō Community Food Bank	$8,000	Project Food Bank – Food in Schools, Reduction of Debt, Service Provision
Taupō Women's Refuge	$5,000	Part salary Refuge Coordinator
Family & Financial Solutions Trust	$1,459.75	Printing, phone and ink toners
Alzheimer's	$1,800	Operational costs
Taupō Babywearers	$500	Baby slings and carriers
English Language Partners Taupō	$4,000	Contribution towards teacher and coordinators wages
Citizens Advice Bureau	$2,000	Part salary for coordinator
Taupō Neighbourhood Support	$6,700	Project – increase membership and the Safety of our Rural members.
Taupō Budget Advisory Service	$2,000	Part salary for Community coordinator
APOPO	$6,500	Part salary for youth worker & clinical advisor
Age Concern Taupō Inc	$4,400	Part wages for coordinator
Pregnancy Help Inc.	$1,179	To supply essential new born baby items
Taupō Parents Centre	$934	Taupō car seats, signage and jacket
RNZ Foundation of the Blind	$1,000	To support the community, volunteer and recreation (CVR) program in Taupō area
Brain Injury Association Rotorua Inc	$717.50	Travel costs for Taupo liaison officer
Taupō Community Patrol	$2,000	Make Taupō a safer place for residents & tourists